Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun housebreaking

1 sense of housebreaking

Sense 1
housebreaking, break-in, breaking and entering -- (trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent)
       => burglary -- (entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb housebreak

1 sense of housebreak

Sense 1
housebreak, house-train -- (train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house)
       => train, develop, prepare, educate -- (create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future")